ganivet

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan canivet (compare Old French cnivet, canivet), originally with diminutive meaning. Itself from Frankish *knīf, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ɡə.niˈβe̞t]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡə.niˈvət]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡə.niˈβɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.niˈvet]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ɡa.niˈβet]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

ganivet m (plural ganivets)

1. knife

   Synonym: coltell

2. coulter
3. European razor clam (Solen vagina)

   Synonym: mànec

Coordinate terms

• cullera
• forquilla

Derived terms

• ganiveta
• ganivetada
• ganiveter
• ganivetera

Further reading

• “ganivet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ganivet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ganivet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ganivet”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “ganivet” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2026.